Estoria

Estoria Puumaata
Autonomous region of Themiclesia
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Motto(s):  Reach and further
Estoria within Themiclesia
Sovereign state	Themiclesia
Constitution Act of Estoria	1870
Government	Devolved parliamentary democracy
• Prime Minister	Antton Tuomela
• House Speaker	Kuisma Viinanen
• Lord Speaker	Lord of Kam
• Chief Justice	Nathan Netter
Legislature	Parliament of Estoria House of Representatives House of Lords
Area
• Total	162,965 km2 (62,921 sq mi)
Population
• 2015 census	184,000
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$7,590,000,000
• Per capita	$41,250
Currency	′Jik (€) (ARC)
Time zone	UTC+5 – +6
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+105

Estoria or State of Estoria (耑邦, stor-prong) is an autonomous region of Themiclesia in its northeast. The 162,965 km² region borders Nukkumaa to its north and the autonomous region of Heraclea to its south. The capital city of the region is Apollonia, which is also the seat of its government. Estoria's population, as of 2015, is 184,000.

Politics and government

The structure of the Estorian government is found in the Constitution of Estoria Act passed by the Themiclesian parliament in 1870 and in several other laws. Furthermore, several unwritten principles that require responsible government, the rule of law, judicial independence, and fundamental individual rights and liberties are considered constitutional to Estoria.

Legislative

The Constitution Act recognizes that the Parliament of Estoria has exclusive power to impose direct taxes and regulate local hospitals, prisons, education, marriage, banking, social services, mining, forestry, industry, environmental protection, energy, and land and civil rights; however, foreign affairs, national defence, railways, postal service, currency, and criminal law are reserved to the Kien-k'ang Parliament. In the event of a dispute between the two legislatures, c. 19 of the Act gives the latter the deciding authority, though this section has never been invoked officially.

The same law provides that the Parliament of Estoria should consist of a House of Representatives and a House of Peers. Both houses must concur to pass legislation. The House of Representatives consists of 63 members elected directly in single-member districts under the first-past-the-post method, by Estorian citizens aged 18 or more. Representatives serve for terms up to five years, but the House may be dissolved upon the application of the prime minister prior to this time. Until to 1920, there had been a property qualification on the franchise. The House of Peers consists of 48 peers, 46 of whom are appointed for life by the emperor upon the prime minister's advice. The remaining two peers hold hereditary titles associated with Estoria. Peers must be at least 30 years of age to sit in the house, whether appointed or hereditary.

Executive

The executive functions of Estorian government rests on a cabinet of ministers collectively responsible to the state's parliament. The head of government is the Chancellor or Prime Minister, who may remain in office as long as his government does not lose the confidence of the House of Representatives. Other ministers are nominated by the Chancellor and appointed by the emperor. The Government is held accountable by both houses of the legislature through regular questions posed by their members to ministers and scrutiny of the executive's legislative agenda.

A number of government departments discharging general administration exist under the Government; these departments consist of officials appointed and dismissed independently of the political process.

Judicial

The civil and criminal jurisdiction are separate in Estoria as

Military

While the Estorian constitution states that national defence is within the exclusive purview of the Kien-k'ang Parliament, the latter has relied on Estoria to raise and keep regular troops and militiamen in exchange of transfer payments. Thus, all Estorian governments have possessed a portfolio for its armed forces, though not necessarily of Cabinet rank. Estoria's troops currently number 1,545 persons, officers and men altogether. With the exception of an air force squadron (the Comets 24th), the remainder make up the Estorian Infantry Regiment in the army. The regiment is stationed within Estoria and has certain responsibilities towards the Estorian government, but as with the air force squadron the Secretary of State for Defence in Kien-k'ang has the final say in their operations.

The two Estorian units are only open to Estorian residents, but Estorians may join the Consolidated Army and Themiclesian Navy without restriction. The Estorian government, under the Territorian Forces Act of Kien-k'ang, has the responsibility to ensure that its forces meet the requisite strength by recruiting sufficient residents. Aside from training which lies within the jurisdiction of Kien-k'ang, the Estorian government is responsible for their pay and issuing their equipment.

See also

• Themiclesia